Exchange-Traded Fund Assets
May 2007

Washington, DC, June 27, 2007 - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $485.51 billion in May, according to ICI. The Institute's monthly statistical collection also includes the value of shares issued and redeemed by exchange-traded funds.

Statistics contained in the Institute's monthly ETF report have been obtained from information provided to ICI by exchange-traded funds and commodity funds. Commodity funds are listed in the Domestic (Sector/Industry) category. A detailed breakdown of the monthly ETF data is available on our website at http://members.ici.org/stats/etfdata.xls

Assets of Exchange-Traded Funds by Type
(millions of dollars)

   

May 2007

April 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

323,640

311,985

290,842

 

Domestic (Broad-based)

254,830

243,391

232,487

 

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

68,810

68,594

58,355

Global/International Equity Index

137,480

131,160

111,194

Bond Index

24,392

23,402

20,514

All

485,512

466,546

422,550

Value of Shares Issued and Redeemed by All Exchange-Traded Funds
(millions of dollars)

 

May 2007

April 2007

2007

2006

Gross Issuance

58,864

47,632

285,426

161,931

Gross Redemptions

53,423

41,006

258,989

138,705

Net Issuance

5,442

6,626

26,439

23,227

Number of Exchange-Traded Funds by Type

 

May 2007

April 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

379

355

268

 

Domestic (Broad-Based)

176

169

133

 

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

203

186

135

Global/International Equity Index

103

100

85

Bond Index

25

20

6

All

507

475

359

Highlights: Assets of all exchange-traded funds rose in May by $18.97 billion, or 4.1 percent, to $485.51 billion. Over the past 12 months, ETF assets increased $150.27 billion, or 44.8 percent. Assets in domestic equity ETFs increased $88.91 billion since May 2006, and global equity ETFs assets rose $53.43 billion during this period.

During May, the value of all ETF shares issued exceeded that of shares redeemed by $5.44 billion. So far this year, ETFs experienced a net issuance of $26.44 billion.

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